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Mashriqi's Legacy Lives On

August 25, 2002:

Allama Mashriqi’s Birth Anniversary Observed

On August 25, 2002, a large number of people gathered in Lahore in remembrance of Allama Mashriqi and his services towards the freedom of Pakistan. Leaders from various political parties, including the Khaksar Tehrik, addressed the meeting and paid rich tributes to Allama Mashriqi. Veteran politician and chief of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Nawabzada Nasrullah, stated, "Allama Mashriqi was a great personality who impressed millions of people." Pakistan Television also broadcasted the proceedings.

2003:

A Bazaar in District Gujranwala was named after Allama Mashriqi. The address of the Bazaar is as follows:
Allama Mushraqi Bazaar, Sarkari Road
Hafizabad, District Gujranwala

Source: Ministry of Population Welfare's web site
http://www.mopw.gov.pk/gis/punjgujranwala.htm

March 21, 2003:

Tributes paid to Khaksar martyrs

On March 21, 2003, a Khaksar Shuhda conference (chaired by Dr. Sabiha Arshad) was held in Larkana. At the conference, rich tributes were paid to the Khaksar martyrs who sacrificed their lives on March 19, 1940 in Lahore while "fighting against the Britishers for freedom." Among the large number of attendees at the conference were Ayaz Soomro (Member Provincial Assemby), Nisar Khuhro (President, PPPP, Sindh), Makhdoom Muzaffar Hashmi (Chairman, Saraiki Qaumi Movement), and Tariq Masood (Chief Organiser, Khaksar Tehrik, Sindh). Nisar Khuhro stated, "Martyrs are torchbearers and role models for those who struggle for a cause."

Source: The News March 22, 2003
Source: http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2003-daily/22-03-2003/national/n7.htm
ISSN 1563-9479

August 13, 2003:

On August 13, 2003, The Daily Times reported the following:

"Dist govt renames 18 Lahore sites

The house approved the renaming of eighteen localities: ...Faisal Town Main Road as Allama Mashraqi Road...—Amir Nafees"

August 25, 2003:

Allama Mashriqi’s birth anniversary observed

On August 25, 2003, a day long ‘Allama Mashriqi’ conference was held in Larkana to mark the 105th birth anniversary of one of the great leaders of Pakistan. Dr Sabiha Arshad presided over the conference, which was attended by a large number of people from all walks of life. Mashriqi was praised for his services towards the independence of Pakistan and for his sacrifices for the nation. At the conference, it was "demanded that keeping in view the services rendered by Allama Mashriqi in the fields of knowledge, politics and religion, the day of his birth anniversary be declared as the national holiday."

Source: The News August 26, 2003
http://www.jang-group.com/thenews/aug2003-daily/26-08-2003/national/n7.htm
ISSN 1563-9479

August 27, 2003:

Khaksar Tehrik seminar on Allama Inayatullah Mashriqi

On August 27, 2003, a seminar on Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi was held in Lahore. The seminar was attended by people from all walks of life. Speakers at the seminar included Hameedud Din Ahmad Mashriqi, Dr. Safia Al-Mashriqi, and Mansoor Khan Afridi (Lahore Bar President).

According to The News, "Dr Safia Al-Mashriqi said...[Allama Mashriqi] had distributed his land among those who cultivated it prior to launching Khaksar Tehrik. She added the Tehrik (movement) grew so strong that Indian Gazette had written it was difficult to differentiate whether the viceroy ruled or the movement. She lamented that Sir Sikander Hayat took steps which amounted to break the movement’s backbone due to his vested interests. She said Muslims around the world had lost their stature because they tolerated the tyrants and forgot the teachings of the Holy prophet. She said Allama Mashraqi not only carried forward the movement but also built the character of all those involved. It was unfortunate that political parties did not focus on building character of the workers, she added.

"Hameedud Din Ahmad Mashraqi lauded Maulana Mashraqi for laying the foundation of a movement which proved a milestone in Muslims’ struggle to get rid of the British occupation. He also welcomed and thanked the participants of the conference to remember Maulana Mashraqi. Human rights activist emphasised the need to spreading the movement launched by Maulana Mashraqi. He proposed that the Punjab University should be named after Maulana Mashraqi to keep his name alive."

Qazi Hussain Ahmad (President [Amir], Jaamat-e-Islami) was also present at the proceedings.

Source: The News August 28, 2003
ISSN 1563-9479
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2003-daily/28-08-2003/metro/l1.htm

August 27, 2003:

On August 27, 2003, an article entitled Allama Mashriqi: A Great Muslim Politician and Reformist was published in The Daily Statesman (Peshawar, Pakistan).

October 25, 2003:

On October 25, 2003, in New York, USA, a launching ceremony was held for Mr. Nasim Yousaf's new book entitled Allama Mashriqi & Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: Two Legends of Pakistan.

October 28, 2003:

On October 28, 2003, a press release was issued regarding the launching of the book Allama Mashriqi & Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: Two Legends of Pakistan. See the press release on PakTribune.

November 14, 2003:

On November 14, 2003, Mr. Nasim Yousaf sent his book, Allama Mashriqi & Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: Two Legends of Pakistan (published in October, 2003), to President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali through Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the Pakistan Ambassador in Washington D.C., USA.

December 14, 2003:

On December 14, 2003, Mr. Nasim Yousaf wrote to the President of the Council of Social Science (COSS). A portion of his letter is reproduced below:

"Authors of Pakistan history have not done justice in their books. These learned authors, with due respect, do not appear to have rightly grasped what the Khaksar movement was all about. They seem to have misunderstood the crux of the Khaksar movement. There are various reasons why misconceptions about Allama Mashriqi and the Khaksar movement exist. One of the reasons is that many authors have written books/articles based on anti-Khaksar materials. Surely, this does not provide a true picture of the Khaksar movement and its ideology. The use of non-Khaksar material by these writers has presented a wrong image of the movement. A true picture of the Khaksar movement’s struggle and its ideology can only be portrayed by using the Khaksar Tehrik’s own material. But unfortunately, this material is scattered and not very well organized. I feel strongly that all Pakistanis need to know about Allama Mashriqi’s efforts toward lifting the masses as well as the role of Mashriqi and the Khaksars in the freedom movement."

An excerpt from the aforementioned letter can also be found in the Council of Social Science (COSS) Bulletin No. 6, Summer 2004.

2004:

The Dawn published the following article by Majid Sheikh:

"The first time I heard of the 'Khaksars' was from my neighbour Haji Abdur Rehman, a gentleman of the type they do not make any more. As a teenager I experienced my first sight of them after Eid prayers at the Badshahi Mosque...

Just last week, my friend Syed Sikander Shah lamented the fact that Pakistan is probably the only country that loves to forget its heroes...

Just who exactly was Allama Mashriqi? I rang up five middle-aged "educated" persons, and only one of them had a faint clue about the great man. The man labelled as "the great test brain of British India" belonged to Lahore, and yet Lahore does not know, or own, him. ...let me inform you that Cambridge University and the British newspapers of the 1930s called him a "genius of untold possibilities".

The fact is that he was a liberal scientific person who expounded the theory that the "cultural ethos and history of India is such, that the people behave exactly in direct proportion to the behaviour of their leaders. To imagine that the people do not know what their leaders are up to is a gross fallacy. They get to know every detail".

Allama Mashriqi was born in a wealthy family of goldsmiths* on August 25, 1888, in Amritsar and died on August 27, 1963 in Lahore. A brilliant student, he set new academic records that stunned everybody in Britain and the sub-continent. He completed his masters' degree in mathematics in one year at the age of 19. He joined the Cambridge University and completed his Tripose barely in four years.

Though he passed all subjects with distinction, his real fame were his ability in mathematics. Due to his academic achievements, he earned a "Foundation Scholar" and "Wrangler" from Cambridge University. The Times of London and The Daily Telegraph wrote editorials on "this brilliant mathematician from Lahore".

After completing his education at the age of 24, he came back to India and served on different government positions under British rule. Keeping in view his personality, it was not a surprise even for British officials when he slapped the then British deputy commissioner, Peshawar, for using slanderous and abusive language [for Indians].

He even did not shut his mouth as a "government official" on the massacre of Pathans in the Kissa Khani Bazaar, Peshawar, on April 23, 1930, and revealed the truth of mishandling the situation by writing in British papers about the reality of the situation. These columns shocked the British public. When Punjabi leaders criticized him for his views, he wrote: "The British government has hired my knowledge for the salary and not my heart or conscience". It was in this context that he refused kinghthood.

In 1931**, Allama Mashriqi founded the Khaksar Tehrik (Movement of Humbles) and abandoned the luxurious life that he was used to. The ideology of his party was based on egalitarianism. There was no status quo and no wall between the privileged and the unprivileged. Allama Mashriqi was among those people who accepted the hard fact that "Pakistan would face immense racial and provincial prejudices because of the supremacy of feudalism and class-based bureaucracy". "The end result of this equation is total and complete disintegration. If they are removed, the end result will be prosperity of untold proportions.

The choice is stark". The mathematician instinct wrote in 1953: "East Pakistan, by my calculations, will declare its independence in 1970". He did not live to see that day. He also warned not to take the Kashmir issue to the UN, because we would never be able to liberate it from India. "Accept this fact now and you will be better off. It must remain a Pakistani province, and we must struggle to regain portions of our lost province, or one day we will accept the partition of Kashmir like we accepted the partition of the Punjab".

Need one say more about this remarkable Lahori who lived in a small, obscure lane in Icchra [Ichhra]. Years later his nephew***, the great Akhtar Hameed Khan set up the Orangi Project. The ideas of the great man were at work. The results were astounding..."

Important corrections regarding the above article:

*The family owned rural and urban properties.
**Mashriqi founded the Khaksar Tehrik in 1930, not in 1931.
***According to the writer, Dr. Akhter Hameed Khan was Allama Mashriqi's nephew. This is innacurate as Dr. Khan was Mashriqi's son in law. Dr. Khan was married to Mashriqi's daughter, Hameedah Begum.
Source for corrections: Allama Mashriqi & Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: Two Legends of Pakistan by Nasim Yousaf

2004:

The Daily Times reported the following:

"Govt to build Allama Mashriqi museum

By Shoaib Ahmed

LAHORE: The Punjab government plans to build a library-cum-museum in honour of Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi. The museum will house his articles, artefacts, unpublished manuscripts...

Punjab Arts Council Executive Director Khawaja Tahir Jamil had been asked to formulate and execute the project, the sources said. He has been asked to submit a comprehensive project report and select a site for the museum building.

The sources said the Punjab government wants to preserve the heritage of the late Allama Mashriqi to inform future generations about the genius of the man. The orders to build the museum reportedly come from top Punjab government officials, who met with the late Allama’s family...

Allama Mashriqi’s grandson...told Daily Times that Mr Jamil had contacted him for setting up a library-cum-museum in memory of his grandfather. He said his family had asked the government a number of times to do something for the late Allama.

He was optimistic that the government would carry out the project as soon as possible...

Allama Mashriqi was born on August 25, 1888 in Amritsar in a Rajput family. He died in Lahore on August 27, 1963. He was a brilliant student. He did his masters in mathematics in one year at the age of 19. At Cambridge, he did five three-year degrees in four years. He was honoured with the titles of Foundation Scholar and Wrangler by Cambridge University.

British newspapers wrote about Allama Mashriqi in 1930 calling him ‘a genius of untold possibilities”. The Times called him “the biggest mathematician in any nationality of the world.”

He returned to India aged 24 and went on to serve in various government positions under British rule. Allama Mashriqi founded Khaksar Tehrik in 1931[1930]..."

March 22, 2004:

On March 22, 2004, PakTribune published Mr. Nasim Yousaf's article entitled "Pakistan Resolution and the Massacre of the Khaksars."

April 4, 2004:

On April 4, 2004, the Dawn published the following article by Majid Sheikh:

Just last week, my friend Syed Sikander Shah lamented the fact that Pakistan is probably the only country that loves to forget its heroes. He mentioned Mashriqi...

Just who exactly was Allama Mashriqi? I rang up five middle-aged "educated" persons, and only one of them had a faint clue about the great man. The man labelled as "the great test brain of British India" belonged to Lahore, and yet Lahore does not know, or own, him. In case you label him with Hitler, let me inform you that Cambridge University and the British newspapers of the 1930s called him a "genius of untold possibilities".

Allama Mashriqi was born in a wealthy family of goldsmiths on August 25, 1888, in Amritsar and died on August 27, 1963 in Lahore. A brilliant student, he set new academic records that stunned everybody in Britain and the sub-continent. He completed his masters' degree in mathematics in one year at the age of 19. He joined the Cambridge University and completed his Tripose barely in four years.

In 1931, Allama Mashriqi founded the Khaksar Tehrik (Movement of Humbles) and abandoned the luxurious life that he was used to. The ideology of his party was based on egalitarianism. There was no status quo and no wall between the privileged and the unprivileged. Allama Mashriqi was among those people who accepted the hard fact that "Pakistan would face immense racial and provincial prejudices because of the supremacy of feudalism and class-based bureaucracy". "The end result of this equation is total and complete disintegration. If they are removed, the end result will be prosperity of untold proportions.

Need one say more about this remarkable Lahori who lived in a small, obscure lane in Icchra. Years later his nephew, the great Akhtar Hameed Khan set up the Orangi Project. The ideas of the great man were at work. The results were astounding..."

Source: Dawn April 04, 2004
http://www.dawn.com/2004/04/11/fea.htm#4

August 06, 2004

On August 06, 2004, the Council of Social Sciences (COSS) forwarded the Cabinet Division's message regarding the availability of Khaksar materials at the Cabinet Division. A portion of the Cabinet Division's message is reproduced below for those who might be interested in consulting Khaksar materials:

"NATIONAL DOCUMENTATION CENTRE (NDC) OF THE CABINET DIVISION HAS ACQUIRED FROM OIOIC, BRITISH LIBRARY, LONDON AND VARIOUS OTHER FOREIGN SOURCES ALMOST ALL THE MATERIAL RELATING TO THE BRITISH PERIOD OF OUR HISTORY AND THE PAKISTAN MOVEMENT. THIS ALSO INCLUDES MATERIAL ON THE KHAKSAR MOVEMENT AND ALLAMA MASHRIQI."

The following address of the Cabinet Division could be of use to those seeking material on Pakistan, the Khaksar Movement (Khaksar Tehrik), and Allama Mashriqi:

National Documentation Centre
Room No.1016-B, Cabinet Block,
Cabinet Division, Islamabad
Phone: 051-9205189
E-mail: ndcnewsletter@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/divisions/ContentInfo.jsp?DivID=13&cPath=118_123&ContentID=2523

August 17, 2004:

On August 17, 2004, Mr. Nasim Yousaf suggested to the Council of Social Sciences to request the Cabinet Division to properly index and catalog all Khaksar materials to facilitate the research on Allama Mashriqi and the Khaksar Tehrik.

August 25, 2004:

On August 25, 2004, Allama Mashriqi's 116th birth anniversary was observed. Also on this day, Mr. Nasim Yousaf's new book was launched in New York, USA under the title Pakistan's Freedom & Allama Mashriqi: Statements, Letters, Chronology of Khaksar Tehrik (Movement), Period: Mashriqi's Birth to 1947.

August 27, 2004:

On August 27, 2004, Mr. Nasim Yousaf released an article commemorating Allama Mashriqi's 41st death anniversary.

August 28, 2004:

On August 28, 2004, The News reports under the heading "Nation needs leader like Allama Mashraqi." Below is an excerpt: "The Khaksar Tehrik, Pakistan, (KTP) organised the Al-Mashraqi Conference on the occasion of 116th birth anniversary of KPT founder Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashraqi..."

September 07, 2004:

On September 7, 2004, Mr. Nasim Yousaf sent his books Allama Mashriqi & Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: Two Legends of Pakistan and Pakistan's Freedom & Allama Mashriqi: Statements, Letters, Chronology of Khaksar Tehrik (Movement), Period: Mashriqi's Birth to 1947 to the new Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz.

September 07, 2004:

On September 7, 2004, Mr. Nasim Yousaf sent a letter to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz urging him to immediately direct relevant government agencies to form an Allama Mashriqi Research Academy (AMRA), which would be responsible for the following functions (extracted from Mr. Yousaf's letter):

"a) To collect Khaksar material from all sources including Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s archives, Khaksars and the Khaksar Tehrik’s archives, India Office (U.K.), Cambridge University, the archives of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and other leaders of the time.
b) To provide research facilities including scholarships on Mashriqi and his Khaksar Movement.
c) To translate all Khaksar material into English and other languages and properly index and catalogue them.
d) To make Khaksar material available at public libraries within Pakistan and outside the country.
e) To establish the Allama Mashriqi Library & Museum (AML&M).
f) To publish a biography on Mashriqi.
g) To arrange the production of film(s) on his life and the Khaksar Movement.
h) To arrange seminars and lectures on his life and works.
i) Other functions."

September 13, 2004:

On September 13, 2004, Mr. Nasim Yousaf traveled to London in pursuit of his continuing research on Allama Mashraqi and the Khaksar Movement (Khaksar Tehrik). Upon his return, he stated that researchers must visit the India Office Records of the British Library (http://www.bl.uk/collections/orientaloffice.html) and The Centre of South Asian Studies at Cambridge University (http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk), where they can find materials on Allama Mashraqi and the Khaksar Movement. He particularly referred to the correspondence during the 1930's and 1940's between the Viceroy of India and the Governors of various provinces in India. Mr. Yousaf stated that their correspondence shows their efforts to crush the Khaksar Movement. The correspondence also reflects their concern and alarm regarding the Khaksar Movement, which endangered their rule in India. Mr. Yousaf deplored the fact that the material has not been properly indexed and cataloged, thus causing difficulties in accessing it quickly and efficiently. Keeping in mind the importance of the material, Mr. Yousaf has already requested Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to immediately direct the relevant government agencies to form an Allama Mashriqi Research Academy (AMRA).

2005:

August 25, 2005:

Mashriqi's birth anniversary is observed.

August 27, 2005:

On August 27, 2005, Mr. Nasim Yousaf announces publication of a book on Allama Mashriqi entitled Pakistan's Birth & Allama Mashraqi: Chronology & Statements, Period: 1947-1963.

August 29, 2005:

On August 29, 2005, The Pakistan Observer reports:

"Al-Mashraqi’s ideas key to remove social injustice

Lahore—The speakers at Allama Al-Mashraqi conference have emphasised upon the need to implement ideas and philosophy of Allama Al-Mashraqi to remove social injustice and reap real fruits of independence of the country.

The day-long conference was held at Central Office of Khaksar Tehreek on 42nd death anniversary of founder of Khaksar Tehreek here Sunday. Important political figures, social activists and people from different walks of life attended the conference.

The Chief of Khaksar Movement Hamid-ud-din Al-Mashraqi who presided the conference emphasised upon the need to revive spirit of Khaksar movement among citizens to make selfless efforts for betterment of the society.

He said that joint efforts at all levels are required to make the society free from socio-economic injustice and to end all forms of extremism. He strongly opposed religious extremism and culture of hatred and laid stress on the need to implement the message of peace and welfare of mankind given by Islam.

Pakistan Democratic Party President Nawabzada Mansoor in his address highlighted different aspects of struggle launched by Khaksar Threek for paving way for creating an independent homeland for Muslims of sub-continent.—APP"

Source: http://pakobserver.net/200508/29/news/lahore03.asp

December 4, 2005:

On December 4, 2005, The Dawn (Karachi) published an article on Allama Mashriqi:

“A controversial genius

By Manzoor H. Kureshi

INAYATULLAH Khan, popularly known in history as Allama Mashraqi, was a genius in his own right. Allama Mashraqi was born in a well-to-do Rajput Muslim family in 1888, in Amratsar, India. His father Atta Muhammad Khan, besides being a man of meansand his ancestors held prominent positions in the Mughal court. Diwan Lal Muhammad Khan, his great grandfather, embraced under the influence of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir, in whose court he got a place of significance.

From the very early age Allama Mashraqi had a strong inclination towards mathematics. Though he recieved his early education at home, he did brilliantly in the school and he always got a number of awards and scholarhsips. After completing intermediate, he was admitted in the celebrated Forman Christian College, Lahore, where he distinguished himself by securing the first position in his Masters which he did in mathematics.

His educational record in Cambridge (1912), where he went to study as foundation scholar and as bachelor scholar, was equally brilliant. While returning to India he was offered post of premiership by Raja of Alvar, a princely state, which he declined as his area of interest was education. In 1913, when offered the post of the vice-principal of Islamia College, Peshawar, Allama Mashraqi immediately accepted the same and served as the youngest vice-principal of any college.

The most remarkable trait that Allama possessed, besides his deep interest in scientific knowledge and authority on Islam, was the qualities of great leadership and organization. After serving for about 17 years in the education department in different capacities he launched a movement to transform the Muslims into well organized and disciplined force. The Khaksar movement was successfully planned on the pattern of army to prepare the Muslims in a most ordered way by inculcating in them religious zeal and military discipline.

Amazingly it even attracted large number of youth, the highly educated and-well-to do class of Muslims from all over the sub-continent who accepted his strict army discipline and austere way of life. Allama, through this movement, intended to bring revolution in the society by uplifting and elevating the Muslims.

These militant activities however, as a consequence brought him in direct conflict with the government of the day. As an outcome he suffered lot of jail sentences and privations. But for the cause he withstood all persecution with resilience, moral fortitude and manliness. With him stood and suffered his followers through thick and thin. The religious right equally detested him because of his radical views about the Islam.

Allama was also a prolific writer. He wrote numerous books and articles mostly on the religion of Islam. In his view, since all the prophets had brought both knowledge and authority, therefore religion and politics are inseparable. The most prominent one of his writings was the Tazkirah in two volumes. This magnum opus is the tafseer of Holy Quran, which earned him great repute as the committee for Nobel Prize nominated it subject to the condition that it was translated into one of the European languages. Allama however, declined the suggestion of translation.

In 1926, Allama visited various European countries in order draw attention of scientists and scholars to Tazkirah and among them was Albert Einstein, with whom he continued to communicate even afterwards...

When Allama was studying in Cambridge his teacher was a distinguished 20th Century scholar and authority on astronomy, Professor James Jeans. One day he had a very thought provoking dialogue with Professor James Jeans on his religious conviction. The incident took place when one Sunday morning when it was raining profusely, Allama found, to his utter astonishment, that the Professor with his umbrella absentmindedly under his armpit, was rushing to the Church. He inquired the Professor about his going to house of worship without even opening the umbrella over his head.

The Professor replied, “When I introspect about Universe and the marvelous feats of creation, my whole being tremble in awe at Majesty of the Creator. And when I go to Church and bow before the Lord and say, ‘Lord, how great You are’.Yyou know, Inayatullah Khan, not only my lips, but ask every particle of my body which joins in uttering these words. I obtain incredible peace and joy from my prayer. Compared to others, I receive thousands time more fulfillment from my prayer. So tell me, Inayatullah Khan, now do you understand why I go Church?”

And Allama found that while answering the question, the Professor went on into inspiring description of the creation of celestial bodies and the astonishing order to which they adhere, their mutual attracting and their never wavering from the path chose for them, no matter how complicated it might be. Trepidation at the thoughts of God’s all knowing and all-powerful nature made his hands tremble and his voice falter, noted Allama.

Sir James Jeans’s words left Allama’s mind spinning. “Sir,” said he, “Your inspiring words have made a deep impression on me, I am reminded of verse of Holy Quran which, if I may be allowed, I would like to quote.”

“Of course,” said Sir James.

Allama recited an Ayat from the Holy Quran.

“What was that?” exclaimed Sir James. “It is those alone who have knowledge who fear God. Wonderful! How extraordinary! It has taken me 50 years of studying and observation to realize this fact. Who taught it to Muhammad (PBUH)? Is this really in the Quran? If so, you can record my testimony that Quran is an inspired Book. Muhammad (PBUH) was untaught. He could not have learnt this immensely important fact on his own. God must have taught it to him. Incredible! How extraordinary!”...

In his last days, Allama Mashraqi, the paragon of steadfastness and virtues suffered serious health problems and finally passed away on 23rd August 1963 [August 27, 1963] at the age of 75.”

Source: Dawn (Karachi) December 4, 2005
http://www.dawn.com

2006:

May 15, 2006:

The Post publishes an article by Manzoor H. Kureshi entitled "Allama Mashriqi- a great genius." Below is an excerpt:

"'The greatest are the men who master our mind by the force of truth, and not those who enslave them by violence, that we owe our reverence' – Voltaire.

This adage of the 18th century French philosopher can perfectly be fitted on Inayatullah Khan, popularly known in history as Allama Mashriqi, a genius in his own right. Allama Mashriqi was born in a well to do Rajput Muslim family in the year 1888 in Amritsar, a bustling Punjab town in undivided India. His father Atta Muhammad Khan, besides being a man of means, possessed an aura of scholarship. His ancestors held prominent positions in the Mughal Court. Diwan Lal Muhammad Khan, his great grandfather, embraced Islam at the hands of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir in whose court he got a place of significance."

Source: The Post May 15, 2006

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